Re:Eclipse viewing at 30k feet: Delta to offer path-of-total...
by gowld on Thursday February 22, 2024 @10:36AM
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Totality isn't very interesting for longer periods of time, on a plane It's just dark. The transition toward and away from totality is interesting.
Re:Eclipse viewing at 30k feet: Delta to offer path-of-total...
by FireBeyond on Thursday February 22, 2024 @11:29AM
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Re:Eclipse viewing at 30k feet: Delta to offer path-of-total...
by hunter2_ on Thursday February 22, 2024 @10:02PM
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True, and the peculiar reaction of animals (brief nocturnal activity) won't be very noticeable from the air either.
Re:Eclipse viewing at 30k feet: Delta to offer path-of-total...
by throwaway_13579 on Thursday February 22, 2024 @11:07AM
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> planes don't go 2000 MPH
SR-71: hold my beer
Of course, the article makes no such claim that this is their plan. After all, planes don't go 2000 MPH. But they do go 600+ MPH, so maybe if things go perfectly you'll have 20 minutes of eclipse. Call it 10 minutes due to inability to rapidly correct for a slightly wrong departure time. Better than the 4 minutes you'd get standing still.